John Fitzgerald (tennis)

John Fitzgerald

Full name	John Basil Fitzgerald
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Australia
Born	28 December 1960 Cummins, Australia
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Turned pro	1980
Retired	1997
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,207,272
Singles
Career record	241–233
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 25 (11 July 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1983)
French Open	2R (1983, 1986)
Wimbledon	4R (1981, 1986, 1989)
US Open	3R (1984)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1988)
Doubles
Career record	501–288
Career titles	30
Highest ranking	No. 1 (8 July 1991)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1982)
French Open	W (1986, 1991)
Wimbledon	W (1989, 1991)
US Open	W (1984, 1991)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1991)
Olympic Games	2R (1988, 1992)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	W (1991)
US Open	W (1983)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1983, 1986)

John Basil Fitzgerald OAM (born 28 December 1960) is a former professional tennis player from Australia who played right-handed with a single-handed backhand.

Playing career

During his career, he won 6 top-level singles titles and 30 tour doubles titles, including 7 Grand Slam doubles titles, and a career men's doubles Grand Slam (winning all four titles-the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open). He reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1991. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 25 in 1988. He was a member of the Australian team which won the Davis Cup in 1983 and 1986.^[1]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (7 titles, 4 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Winner	1982	Australian Open	Grass	John Alexander	Andy Andrews John Sadri	6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Winner	1984	US Open	Hard	Tomáš Šmíd	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	7–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1985	Wimbledon	Grass	Pat Cash	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	4–6, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	1986	French Open	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 14–12
Runner-up	1988	French Open	Clay	Anders Järryd	Andrés Gómez Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	1988	Wimbledon	Grass	Anders Järryd	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	4–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–7
Winner	1989	Wimbledon	Grass	Anders Järryd	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 7–6
Winner	1991	French Open	Clay	Anders Järryd	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–0, 7–6
Winner	1991	Wimbledon	Grass	Anders Järryd	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1
Winner	1991	US Open	Hard	Anders Järryd	Scott Davis David Pate	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1993	Australian Open	Hard	Anders Järryd	Danie Visser Laurie Warder	4–6, 3–6, 4–6

Mixed Doubles (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Winner	1983	US Open	Hard	Elizabeth Smylie	Barbara Potter Ferdi Taygan	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1984	US Open	Hard	Elizabeth Smylie	Manuela Maleeva Tom Gullikson	6–2, 5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	1985	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie	Martina Navratilova Paul McNamee	5–7, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up	1985	US Open	Hard	Elizabeth Smylie	Martina Navratilova Heinz Günthardt	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	1990	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie	Zina Garrison Rick Leach	5–7, 2–6
Winner	1991	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie	Natasha Zvereva Jim Pugh	7–6^(7–4), 6–2

Post-playing career

Fitzgerald was formerly the captain of the Australian Davis Cup Team from 2001 to 2010 before Patrick Rafter took over after Australia's World group playoff loss to Belgium.^[1]

Honours

Fitzgerald was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1993.

References

1. "Profiles: John Fitzgerald". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 23 February 2010.

External links

• John Fitzgerald at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• John Fitzgerald at the International Tennis Federation
• John Fitzgerald at the Davis Cup